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Flake electric car (reconstruction) [1]
Flake electric car (reconstruction)
Electric car 1888
Production period: 1888
Class : Small car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Electric motor
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Empty weight : 400 kg

The Flocken electric car is an early electric vehicle developed by the Coburg manufacturer Andreas Flocken in 1888 , which was built by the A. Flocken machine factory . It is considered to be the first four-wheeled electric car that was made in Germany.

history

In 1888, Andreas Flocken added a department for electrical engineering to his A. Flocken machine factory in Coburg , and from then on experimented with electric vehicles. In the same year the first Flocken electric car was built . This vehicle was originally a chaise , similar to the Daimler motorized carriage from 1886 by Gottlieb Daimler , but it was equipped with an electric motor . Little is known about Flocken's development work. In 1888 he provided a high-wheeled, iron-tyred carriage wagon (high center of gravity, narrow track width, turntable steering, etc.) with an electric motor, the power of which was about 0.9  kW transferred to the rear axle by means of leather belts. The wooden vehicle is said to have reached a top speed of 15 km / h and weighed 400 kilograms.

Andreas Flocken, 1892
Andreas Flocken with his daughter Anna, 1898
Andreas Flocken with his wife, 1903

In the following years further models were developed. For example, there is a photo of a two-seater from around 1903 in the Deutsches Museum . This model had a stub axle steering , spoked wheels with pneumatic tires of the same size with ball bearings as well as fully elliptical springs and a battery box over the front axle. The tie rod was moved down and had a control handle. In addition, the vehicle had electric headlights, which is considered a possible novelty.

Vehicle construction at Flocken was discontinued in 1903.

reception

The Flocken electric car was mentioned for the first time in the Coburger Zeitung on September 28, 1888: “In Mr. Flocken's workshop for agricultural machines, a 'steam chaise' is in the works. It has the same track width as any other vehicle, is more simply and practically constructed and should arouse great interest from all crockery owners after completion ”.

Halwart Schrader wrote in his book Deutsche Autos 1885–1925 (Volume 1) in 2002 : “Not very much was known about the experiments of Andreas Flocken in Coburg, who fitted a high-wheeled carriage with an electric motor in 1888, whose power was transmitted to the rear axle of the car via leather straps Four-seater turntable was transferred. "

Cindy Dötschel wrote in the Obermain-Tagblatt in 2013 : “In 1888 the time had finally come: Flocken's wooden electric vehicle was ready. In about two and a half hours, the inventor made it with his vehicle to the last hill before Redwitz . However, the battery was no longer sufficient for the rest of the journey. The Redwitzers helped Andreas Flocken push his car to the destination. The pioneer owned his own hydropower plant in Redwitz. With a freshly charged battery, his environmental vehicle mastered the way back to Coburg without any problems. "

Reconstruction of the model from 1888 (2010)

The reconstruction of the 1888 Flocken electric car (Rüsselsheim 2013)

The original from 1888 is considered lost. In 2010, the automotive expert Franz Haag from Marktoberdorf built a reconstruction on his own initiative that shows what the first attempt at an electric carriage might have looked like.

As a basis, Haag used a doctor's carriage from the 19th century, which Andreas Flocken could also have used. Haag found this doctor's carriage in the late summer of 2010 on a hayloft and decided "on a whim" to reconstruct the Flocken electric car. Based on information from the automobile historian Halwart Schrader and the Deutsches Museum , the reproduction was made within just a few months from September 2010. On March 10, 2011, the reconstruction was presented to the public at the Retro Classics trade fair in Stuttgart . On September 10, 2011, the replica took part as a lead vehicle in the first Bertha Benz Challenge , which is only open to vehicles with alternative drives.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Halwart Schrader: Flakes . In: ders .: German cars 1885–1920. Volume 1 . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , p. 182.

Web links

Commons : Flake Electric Carts  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

References and comments

Remarks

  1. ↑ At that time, vehicles were referred to as “steam chaise” regardless of the type of drive. The term car was still unknown in Germany; Source: unknown: Grandfather Wipko chats with his grandson Jakob. In: Käferberg 1966 No. 8.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ reconstruction
  2. ↑ a b c Cindy Dötschel: purred from Coburg to Redwitz . ( Memento from October 21, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Obermain-Tagblatt , October 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Stefan Pischinger , Ulrich Seiffert (ed.): Vieweg Handbook Automotive Technology . 8th edition. Springer, Wiesbaden 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-09527-7 , p. 174.
  4. ↑ a b Christian Boseckert: wrote as Coburg automotive history . In: Digitales Stadtgedächtnis , Stadt Coburg, last update on June 3, 2014, accessed on April 2, 2018: "The relevant literature mentions that in 1903 car construction came to an end."
  5. ^ Daimler motorized carriage, 1886 . In: M @ RS , an offer from Mercedes-Benz Classic, accessed on February 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b c Halwart Schrader : Flakes . In: ders .: German cars 1885–1920. Volume 1 . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , p. 182.
  7. ↑ Simone Bastian: Coburg: “Flocken” brand is for sale . In: Coburger Tageblatt on infranken.de, Mediengruppe Oberfranken , January 18, 2016, accessed on April 2, 2018: “Andreas Flocken in his electric vehicle. Almost all of the Flocken descendants have a copy of this recording, which was made in Coburg. According to Lieselotte Specht, a flake granddaughter who lives in Cologne, it says 'Ernstplatz 1892'. "
  8. ↑ Picture in the archive of the Deutsches Museum, No. BN35114.
  9. ↑ Picture in the archive of the Deutsches Museum, No. BN35115.
  10. ↑ In the archive of the Deutsches Museum there is a picture (no. BN35116) that was assigned to the year 1903 on the basis of a postmark.
  11. ^ Friedrich Rauer: invented the electric car in Coburg . In: Neue Presse , Coburg, January 12, 2008, accessed on March 30, 2018.
  12. ↑ From town and country, from Franconia and Thuringia . In: Coburger Zeitung , September 28, 1888.
  13. ↑ http://www.franz-haag.de/flocken_rebaus.html
  14. ↑ a b c Retro Classics 2011: Electric car pioneer in Stuttgart . In: auto motor und sport (online), February 9, 2011, accessed on February 12, 2018.
  15. ↑ YouTube video of the Bertha Benz Challenge 2011 with a moving Flocken electric car